Archive for June, 2011
Jun 30th, 2011
For the three months - Revenues Increase 48%, Net income up 49%, Earnings per Share Increased 47% and Incoming Orders Increase 54%
FORT WORTH, Texas, June 30, 2011 (CRWENewswire)-- AZZ incorporated (NYSE:AZZ), a manufacturer of electrical products and a provider of galvanizing services, today announced unaudited financial results for the first quarter ended May 31, 2011. Revenues for the first quarter were $114.3 million compared to $77.5 million for the same quarter last year, an increase of 48 percent. Net income for the quarter was $9.5 million, or $0.75 per diluted share, compared to net income of $6.4 million, or $0.51 per diluted sha
Jun 30th, 2011
Welcome to CRWE Newswire, I’m Yohemy Auerbach. AZZ Incorporated - trading with the symbol AZZ - reported unaudited financial results for the first quarter ended May 31, 2011.
Highlighhts include Revenues for the first quarter were $114.3 million dollars an increase of 48 percent compared to revenues in the same quarter last year, Net income for the quarter was $9.5 million dollars or $0.75 per diluted share, an increase of 49 percent compared to net income in last year's first fiscal quarter.
The company is revising its fiscal year 2012 guidance for revenues to be in the range of $450 to $475 million dollars
AZZ incorporated is a mul
Jun 30th, 2011
American football wide receiver, Michael Floyd, who currently plays for University of Notre Dame, was sentenced to one year probation and will have his driving license revoked for 90 days after pleading guilty for the charge of driving under the influence of alcohol.
This was the third drunk driving charge against the wide receiver, who is considered as the best future prospect of the game in college football. The third offence could have landed him in a state penitentiary for one year but the plea deal saved him and he got away with one year probation only.
The 21-year-old footballer was also fined $200 and was also ordered
Jun 30th, 2011
An online poker card room, Full Tilt Poker, launched by a team of poker professionals in 2004, has found itself in deep trouble, after its gambling license was suspended by casino regulators on the British Channel Islands, stopping the company’s online card games.
The Alderney Gambling Control Commission also issued a statement, clarifying the reasons of suspension of the license of the online poker company. It was stated that a full scale investigation has been launched against the company officials, who have been indicted in New York for bank fraud, money laundering and other crimes.
Online poker is illegal in the United States
Jun 30th, 2011
The soccer team for the Equatorial New Guinea is renowned to raise controversies and the most recent controversy rose when one of its key strikers, Jade Boho Sayo, was barred from international soccer for 2 months, which will also prevent her from taking any part in the country’s World Cup campaign.
The governing body for the soccer, FIFA, banned her for 2 months because the striker seems to be ineligible to play for Guinea as she is already on the roaster of under-19 team of Spain.
Jade Boho did not change her nationality or reveal her past to FIFA before enrolling for the roaster of Equatorial New Guinea. The 24-year-old
Jun 30th, 2011
The number of graduates leaving university and unsuccessful finding work fell slightly to just under 20,000 last year, with unemployment levels higher among men than women, official figures showed on Thursday.
Almost one in 10 graduates (9 percent) were assumed to be unemployed after graduating.
That was down slightly from 10 percent in 2008/9 but higher than five years ago when it stood at six percent, according to the figures from the Higher Education Statistics Agency.
Unemployment was higher among men than women. Nine percent of all UK male students were out of work after 6 months compared to six percent of women.
The fi
Jun 30th, 2011
Manchester United boss Sir Alex Ferguson feels that he can sign Arsenal ace Samir Nasri by breaking the will of Arsene Wenger.
Ferguson decided to move for the French star after rivals City entered the chase.
United gave Ferguson the go to take his summer spending beyond 70 million pounds with a 20 million pound bid for Nasri.
The Sun reports, Nasri is in the final year of his contract and wanted to see big buys at Arsenal before considering a new deal.
However he is now eyeing the move to United and Ferguson believes Wenger will sell rather than risk losing a player, who cost 12 million pounds from Marseille three years
Jun 30th, 2011
A media report said, a small town in Britain with a population of around 12,000 may soon become the first in the country to ban smoking on its streets.
Stony Stratford in North Buckinghamshire, is expected to pass a law that would forbid smoking on any street or open public place. Offenders would be fined.
The move has been valuated by anti-smoking groups and has also been criticized by civil liberty campaigners.
Councillor Paul Bartlett said the ban would protect children from the effects of passive smoking, make the environment cleaner, save money in litter clearing. He also added he did not feel people should have the freedom
Jun 30th, 2011
Irish actor and model, Jonathan Meyers, who is renowned for his roles in the movies like Bend It Like Beckham, Match Point, From Paris with Love and television series, Elvis, which also earned him a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor, was rushed to the hospital on Tuesday after a suspected suicide attempt.
The 33-year-old actor is suspected to have taken a large number of sleeping pills at his house Maida Vale, central London. The paramedics were called in to the scene, where actor was found lying on the floor and the police was called in by the paramedics when the actor refused to take initial treatment. He was taken to the near-by
Jun 30th, 2011
American actress, producer, recording artist and business woman, Jada Pinkett Smith, who is a wife of a renowned American actor, singer-songwriter, director and producer, Will Smith, revealed in an interview that she has willingly turned down many movie and music offers to gel together her family of stars and stars in the making.
Jada Pinkett Smith has two children, a 13-year-old son, Jaden Smith and a 10-year-old daughter, Willow Smith, who have also started their journey of stardom, through movies and music deals. Both Jaden and Willow Smith have won several awards in their short movie and music career, where Jaden leading the race w
